An American in Paris

An American in Paris

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1951-09-26
Duration:113 min
Director:Vincente Minnelli
Actors:Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated

Overview:

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

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